Health and Wellness is a priority in Aurora Public Schools

The mission of the APS Wellness Committee is to foster and support a district environment that promotes the total well being of students, families and staff.

Why Schools?Students spend the majority of their day in school, so there is great opportunity to provide education on the value of living a healthy lifestyle in a supportive and positive environment.

Connection to Learning: Healthier students. Health has a DIRECT RELATIONSHIP WITH LEARNING. Research has found that increased physical activity has shown improvements in test scores, focus, classroom behavior, and attendance, something educators have known instinctually for years

Our Approach: APS has a district-led wellness team to support school-wide, local, statewide and national school health initiatives. The district team also offers assistance to individual schools through school wellness teams. And this website has been created to provide resources in each of the areas of school wellness to students, families and staff using the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child model (WSCC).

The APS District Health and Wellness Advisory Team invites any teacher, parent, student or community member to attend the monthly meetings. Please reach out to Erica Riedlin at 303-365-7813 ext. 28515 or by email enriedlin@aps.k12.co.us to find out when then next meeting is!

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The Whole Child Approach

The Whole Child Approach is to move from a view of achievement based on academic success, but on the long-term development and overall growth. In order to accomplish this there are Whole Child beliefs that need to be addressed. (www.ascd.org/whole-child.aspx)

Each student enters school healthy and learns about and practices a healthy lifestyle

Each student learns in an environment that is physically and emotionally safe for students and adults

Each student is actively engaged in learning and is connected to the school and broader community

Each student has access to personalized learning and is supported by qualified, caring adults

Each student is challenged academically and prepared for success in college or further study and for employment and participation in a global environment

American Heart Association honors Laredo CDC for health initiatives Healthy Way to Grow is a joint program of the American Heart Association-a program to help reverse the childhood obesity epidemic through improving practices at child care centers. Laredo Child Development Center was one of only six CDC's in the nation to earn the status of a "Bronze Center." Laredo has achieved best practices in nutrition, physical activity, screen time and infant feeding. Read the whole article here! Congratulations Laredo CDC, and thank you for your efforts!

APS families can now submit an online application for the National School Lunch Program. This program provides free or reduced price meals to students who meet eligibility guidelines. Read more.

Our community is experiencing unusually high numbers of Pertussis (whooping cough) cases right now. Maybe you know of someone who has been sick with this illness. It is known as the “hundred-day cough” and is quite contagious. It causes people to miss school and work for several days.

Admin

The Aurora Public School District holds data privacy and security in high regard and takes action to ensure that our students’ data is handled securely in compliance with the Colorado Student Data Transparency and Security Act (HB 16-1423) and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

The Aurora Public Schools is committed to the policy that all persons shall have equal access to its programs, facilities, and employment and does not discriminate on the basis of race, age, color, creed, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, religion, ancestry, sex or need for special education services, and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups.

It is the goal of Aurora Public Schools that the information on this website be accessible to individuals with visual, hearing or cognitive disabilities.

If you are unable to access any page(s) in our site, please email the Aurora Public Schools Information Technology Service Desk. Please include the location of the webpage/document and your name, email address and telephone number so that we may contact you to provide the information in another format.

Please note that some pages on the Aurora Public Schools website contain links to third-party sites. APS is not responsible for the content, facts, opinions or accessibility of third-party sites.

Formal grievances regarding Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and/or Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act maybe filed pursuant to Policy AC and Regulation AC-R found here.